![]() Previous champions include Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR), Taylor Canfield (USA), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Peter Holmberg (ISV), Adam Minoprio (NZL), Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Bertrand Pace (FRA), Jesper Radich (DEN), Phil Robertson (NZL) and Ian Williams (GBR). The WMRT is awarded ‘Special Event’ status by the sport’s world governing body – World Sailing – and the winner of the WMRT each year is crowned World Sailing Match Racing World Champion. The GKSS Match Cup Sweden 2023 is proudly sponsored by Main Partners Nordea and Vinga.įounded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing. ![]() Strong winds are forecast for tomorrow’s racing before calmer and brighter conditions arrive in time for the weekend.įor more information on the World Match Racing Tour, visit and for information on GKSS Match Cup Sweden, visit ![]() The ten teams from seven countries including reigning Match Racing World Champion Nick Egnot-Johnson/Knots Racing from New Zealand will aim to complete the qualifying round robin stage tomorrow before advancing to the Quarter-finals and Semi-Finals, with Finals day on Saturday. “We had breeze from the land so there were a lot of puffs that we needed to get to first which made it challenging, but it was great fun match racing!” “’It was a good first day for us but with very tricky conditions” added Engstrom. ![]() “It’s great to be back here in Marstrand, we’ve been very much looking forward to coming back” said Monnin “We had a strong day with some tight races and plenty of overtaking – it wasn’t looking particularly good for us in two of the races, but we got lucky to get back in the game and end the day well!”.įinishing the day a point behind Monnin with 3 wins out of 5 races are two of the Swedish teams competing this week, five-time winner of the Marstrand event Björn Hansen (Extend Commerce Sailing Team), and 22yr old Oscar Engstrom (Team Liros) who was recently appointed to join the Swedish Challenge for the 2024 Youth America’s Cup. ![]()
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